Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 17:00:04 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile Message-ID: <20010309170004.Q412@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <200103082328.f28NSLI06914@harmony.village.org> References: <20010308030217.P31752@elvis.mu.org> <20010308015237.O31752@elvis.mu.org> <200103080830.f288UVR63950@gratis.grondar.za> <20010308030217.P31752@elvis.mu.org> <200103082328.f28NSLI06914@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> wrote: > >Also, XFree86 is also very special when it comes to ports. It is >almost impossible to make X11 ports depend on a different port for >X11. There are many different places where it is hard coded or >semi-hard coded. This is a good example of where the pkg system needs something like the Debian "provides" concept, where you can have a variety of different packages that provide X or an MTA or some other system service with a variety of implementations. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at BISCAY: SOUTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6, BUT MAINLY 3 IN FAR SOUTH. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE, POOR AT TIMES IN SOUTH. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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